druimm

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *drosman, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“end, boundary”), the source of English tram, Proto-Germanic *þrumą (“butt, block”).[1] Or, possibly related to Latin dorsum (“back, ridge”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

druimm n (genitive drommo, nominative plural drummai)

  1. back
  2. ridge

Inflection

Neuter i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative druimmN druimmN drummaeL
Vocative druimmN druimmN drummaeL
Accusative druimmN druimmN drummaeL
Genitive drommoH, drommaH drommoH, drommaH drummaeN
Dative druimmL drummaib drummaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: droim
  • Manx: dreeym
  • Scottish Gaelic: druim

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
druimm druimm
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ 		ndruimm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “4. ter, terǝ- : tr̥̄-, trā-, teru-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1075: “Mit m-Formantien”
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “druimm”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page 144
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